06-24-2013, 02:29 PM
Depends. Gray area. Piracy is bad, sure, but there are so many benefits/good reasons why it's not.
I'm pretty sure everyone pirates intentionally or not.
I have a Wii that can play Wii/GameCube backups since it's modded. Though I prefer to have a physical collection of games, backing them up to a USB it's pretty handy(prevent the physical copy from being damaged for one) or being able to play different versions of games. Not only that but there's no way of todays consumers being able to buy games from last generation with the money going to the developers since they aren't brand new/current titles; it's all pre-owned. Not only that but pirating Pokemon games(Pokemon Emerald in particular) has allowed me to learn game programming and create my mods for those games which can then be ran on an official emulator, though that was nearly 10 years ago.
Usually if I pirate a game of todays generation, then I usually end up buying it. An example would be pirating Mario party 8 and 9 to play later on, though I plan on buying it as I collect games and this means I can keep them sealed.
I honestly don't like piracy that has current effects. If you've ever watched films like Indie Game: The Movie, you see how much developers stress their arse off to make a game which can cost them everything, to then lose out on that work because people don't wanna pay is pretty bullshit. The same goes for big budget games. I find a lot of those who pirate use the excuse that "they have enough money" when that's really not the case and also no in anyones right to say who should have what and they shouldn't be paid for their work.
I think it comes down to the fact the putting your work online means it's going to get pirated. But I don't see piracy as much of a problem as news sources/publishers/bullshitters says. When you see publishers getting stingy saying "we need the online pass to avoid piracy" I find that funny when their game still sells around 4 million copies and only the big budget titles have these as opposed to games like Dark Souls or Anarchy Reigns. It's a gray area, nothing to really say. We all do it, even people who create content do it.
I'm pretty sure everyone pirates intentionally or not.
I have a Wii that can play Wii/GameCube backups since it's modded. Though I prefer to have a physical collection of games, backing them up to a USB it's pretty handy(prevent the physical copy from being damaged for one) or being able to play different versions of games. Not only that but there's no way of todays consumers being able to buy games from last generation with the money going to the developers since they aren't brand new/current titles; it's all pre-owned. Not only that but pirating Pokemon games(Pokemon Emerald in particular) has allowed me to learn game programming and create my mods for those games which can then be ran on an official emulator, though that was nearly 10 years ago.
Usually if I pirate a game of todays generation, then I usually end up buying it. An example would be pirating Mario party 8 and 9 to play later on, though I plan on buying it as I collect games and this means I can keep them sealed.
I honestly don't like piracy that has current effects. If you've ever watched films like Indie Game: The Movie, you see how much developers stress their arse off to make a game which can cost them everything, to then lose out on that work because people don't wanna pay is pretty bullshit. The same goes for big budget games. I find a lot of those who pirate use the excuse that "they have enough money" when that's really not the case and also no in anyones right to say who should have what and they shouldn't be paid for their work.
I think it comes down to the fact the putting your work online means it's going to get pirated. But I don't see piracy as much of a problem as news sources/publishers/bullshitters says. When you see publishers getting stingy saying "we need the online pass to avoid piracy" I find that funny when their game still sells around 4 million copies and only the big budget titles have these as opposed to games like Dark Souls or Anarchy Reigns. It's a gray area, nothing to really say. We all do it, even people who create content do it.